View of the Dolomite foothills from lunch at the Castello above Conegliano today - slow cooked rabbit with polenta and roast potatoes with a home made prosecco that started out tasting a bit rough but then I realised it was because it was so dry and way less sugar then standard and I actually really liked it. And I have a new favourite coffee, local brand called Dersut - incredibly rich and smooth. Absolutely brilliant lunch in a brilliant location! All for the princely sum of E25 plus a tip for the young waitress trying very hard and doing well with her English. A 10/10 experience, especially compared to a recent lunch in Noosa - same cost for an entree size of watery seafood 'chowder', cheap rose and weak coffee 5/10. BUT as a side note if anyone wants a brilliant meal in Noosa - Little Humid is fantastic. Image Unavailable, Please Login
Yesterday looking over what to carry in the Porker for the GG/Long haul, it surprised me AGAIN how Porsche only provides a breaker bar of some 5 inches to remove the wheel nuts and similar for the security nut! With the amount of torque these use on the wheel nuts as per recommended by factory,I doubt many people by hand could "crack the wheel nuts" Hence I will pack my own socket and long handle breaker bar and I do NOT no socket is provided.....Modern cars shakes head . So looking forward to this year's GG after the issues of last year, the only bonus was the "FAB " drive up to and down from FNQ. Still unsure re Tassie whether to take the 991 or BlackJag ,I like the idea of a roof down Tassie Drive and am aware that on the 1st day Sat/Nav will be an added bonus, added to that BlackJag has done Tassie many times ..
This seems to be a common theme. A few months ago after getting a flat near the shack in the Golf I limped it back to the garage and attempted to change the wheel. Got all the nuts off except the security one which was not going to budge no matter what. The bloke next door (an old truckie) came over to help and even with half an hour of sweating and swearing neither of us could release it. In the end he welded up a socket and huge breaker bar in his shed and we finally got it off. Ridiculous. Both for the inadequacy of the provided tools and how bloody tight do these nuts really need to be?
It probably had the nuts put on with a rattle gun at a tyre shop previously without any care or use of a torque wrench
I always ,get my wheel nuts loosed of before a trip from the massive torque settings they do so i can crack the wheel nut .
Wes They all put 'em on with a rattle gun,you can,as my blokes do,vary the tightness and stopping of the gun with an adjuster on the gun. THEN they torque 'em up with a torque wrench........or should do. If tyre shops didn't use a rattle gun then they wouldn't be in business. How do you think all race cars put rims on in a pitstop,the gun will be set at a particular torque setting...I'm sure.
Nope I'm over old cars ,much prefer the modern now . I'll keep the E-type as I've had it a long time and the same with the T Series as its worth nothing and is a nice ride, but thats it fro me never again OHOS. will be purchased. by me .
Air tools are forbidden in my factory. And yes, when in the tyre business full time, they were forbidden there as well. Porsche for example prohibit the use of air tools on wheels nuts. It says so in the workshop manual. They use a dedicated aluminium socket for the aluminium wheel nuts and it is to be used by hand only. The race cars you refer to in a pit stop use either air or electric tools for the purpose of saving time, that is the only reason.
I'm only talking about variable speed/stopping air operated guns Carl. Not battery operated ones which you maybe alluding to....and yes obviously to get 'em in and uot in the shortest possible time. Both in business and racing. I have an air kit and use it all the time,there is an adjuster on it that varies how tight the stopping point is,.
Which turn from what I have seen they use a torque wrench,,which the average person will NOT crack when it comes to taking off.